Edward Lear (1812–88)

A Book of Nonsense, new and enlarged edition (1861)

There was an Old Derry down Derry
There was an Old Man with a beard
There was a Young Lady of Ryde
There was an Old Man with a nose
There was an Old Man on a hill
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
There was a Young Person of Smyrna
There was an Old Person of Chili
There was an Old Man with a gong
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey
There was an Old Man in a tree
There was an Old Man with a flute
There was a Young Lady whose chin
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
There was an Old Person of Ischia
There was an Old Man in a boat
There was a Young lady of Portugal
There was an Old Man of Moldavia
There was an Old Man of Madras
There was an Old Person of Leeds
There was an Old Man of Peru
There was an Old Person of Hurst
There was a Young person of Crete
There was an Old Man of the Isles
There was an Old Person of Buda
There was an Old Man of Columbia
There was a young Lady of Dorking
There was an Old Man who supposed
There was an Old Man of the West
There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
There was a Young Lady whose eyes
There was a Young Lady of Norway
There was an Old Man of Vienna
There was an Old Person whose habits
There was an old person of Dover
There was an Old Man of Marseilles
There was an Old Person of Cadiz
There was an Old Person of Basing
There was an Old Man of Quebec
There was an Old Person of Philœ
There was a Young Lady of Bute
There was a Young Lady whose nose
There was a Young Lady of Turkey
There was an Old Man of Apulia
There was an Old Man with a poker
There was an Old Person of Prague
There was an Old Man of the North
There was a Young Lady of Poole
There was an Old Person of Mold
There was an Old Man or Nepaul
There was an old Man of th’ Abruzzi
There was an Old Person of Rhodes
There was an Old Man of Peru
There was an Old Man of Melrose
There was a Young Lady of Lucca
There was an old Man of Bohemia
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
There was an Old Lady whose folly
There was an Old Man of Corfu
There was an Old Man of the South
There was an Old Man of the Nile
There was an Old Person of Rheims
There was an Old Person of Cromer
There was an Old Person of Troy
There was an Old Man of the Dee
There was an Old Man of Dundee
There was an Old Person of Tring
There was an Old Man on some rocks
There was an Old Man of Coblenz
There was an Old Man of Calcutta
There was an Old Man in a pew
There was an Old Man who said
There was a Young Lady of Hull
There was an Old Man of Whitehaven
There was an Old Man of Leghorn
There was an Old Man of the Hague
There was an Old Man of Jamaica
There was an old person of Dutton
There was a Young Lady of Tyre
There was an Old Man who said
There was an Old Man of the East
There was an Old Man of Kamschatka
There was an Old Man of the Coast
There was an Old Person of Bangor
There was an Old Man with a beard
There was an Old Man of the West
There was an Old Person of Anerley
There was a Young Lady of Troy
There was an Old Man of Berlin
There was an Old Person of Spain
There was a Young Lady of Russia
There was an Old Man, who said
There was a Young Lady of Wales
There was an Old Person of Cheadle
There was a Young Lady of Welling
There was an Old Person of Tartary
There was an old Person of Chester
There was an Old Man with an owl
There was an Old Person of Gretna
There was a Young Lady of Sweden
There was a Young Girl of Majorca
There was an Old Man of the Cape
There was an Old Lady of Prague
There was an Old Person of Sparta
There was an Old Man at a casement
There was an old Person of Burton
There was an Old Person of Ems
There was an Old Person of Ewell
There was a Young Lady of Parma
There was an Old Man of Aôsta
There was an Old Man, on whose nose
There was a Young Lady of Clare